Insoluble Additives for Enhancing a Blood-Like Liquid Flow in Micro-Channels

• Main Authors: Abdulbari, Hayder A., Fiona Ling, Wang Ming, Wafaa, Kamil Mahmood
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17124/1/Insoluble%20additives%20for%20enhancing%20a%20blood-like%20liquid%20flow%20in%20micro-channels.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17124/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(16)60726-6
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

This study introduces an approach for flow enhancement in the bloodstream using insoluble additives as non-degradable drag reducing agents that can replace the polymeric soluble additives. An open micro-channel liquid flow system with three different channel sizes was assembled and used to test the...